White House Announces New Strategy On Plastics Pollution

Highlights

• The Interagency Policy Committee on Plastic Pollution and a Circular Economy, which comprises experts across federal agencies and within the Executive Office of the President of the United States, released "Mobilizing Federal Action on Plastic Pollution: Progress, Principles, and Priorities" (Plastic Strategy) on July 19, 2024.
• The Plastic Strategy presents proposed federal actions to combat plastic pollution across the life cycle of plastics. Notably, it announces the new Biden-Harris Administration goal to phase out federal procurement of single-use plastics from food service operations, events and packaging by 2027 and from all federal operations by 2035.
• This Holland & Knight alert outlines how the Plastic Strategy defines single-use plastics and provides a deep dive into the three main components outlined in the Plastic Strategy: progress, principals and priorities.